She stretched out on the sofa half asleep, sipping from her glass of brandy and enjoying the warm glow it gave her.
She had meant to be doing something else. What was it? It really seemed too much effort to get up and leave the comfort of her living room.
Ah. Yes. That man tied to her bed.
What was his name? She shook her head as she tried to remember. It was not important, and he could wait a little longer. He did, she thought as she relaxed, have rather a nice body. It was not a very muscular body. It was certainly not a fat body. It was, in fact, just the sort of body that seemed to her to be asking for pain to be applied to it.
She smiled. This was one that she would keep for a while - keep until she tired of him and felt like a change. He had, after all, signed the contract that clearly said he agreed she should dominate and abuse him, with the only stipulation being that she would cause no permanent damage to him. She had no time limit or anything of that sort. It wasn't her fault, of course, that he had assumed she had meant to restrain him for perhaps an hour or so. It wasn't her fault that he had thought she only wanted to tie him up and have sex with him.
So there was no rush. She could enjoy the comfort and take her time. He would wait. He had no choice...
The hands on the clock were moving towards midnight before she moved again. Reluctantly she roused herself from the comfort of her living room and slowly climbed the stairs.
She moved quietly, not because she particularly needed or wanted to be quiet, but quite simply because she wanted to go on enjoying the peace of the evening.
There he was. Spread-eagled on his back on her bed, naked, with his wrists and ankles securely fastened to each corner. He was asleep.
Silently she removed her clothes, laying them neatly on a chair as she always did when she prepared herself for bed. She took her long black nightdress from the drawer and slipped it over her head, letting its comfortable silkiness fall about her. It was odd, she thought, how few men seemed to be able to understand how soft feminine things could co-exist with dominance. To her it was most peculiar, that they always expected the leather, the hard shininess of PVC or the resilient grip of rubber. It was positively bizarre from her point of view, that they all seemed to associate softness and beauty with submission and weakness.
She looked at him now, sleeping like a child with a contented expression on his face. It almost seemed a shame to wake him,